Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-21

# manufacture the pure apple cider vim
egar" said Mr. Nrf. As he. in company
with the reporter, was inspecting his mill,
and one of Bonner ~ BoSChert presses in
the basement of his present establishment.
Ne. 40 Clifton street. The stock You
see harreled and piled up upon both sides
of this room. which amounts to something
like four hundred barrels. ranges from one
to better than three years old, he added.
After the original product of the clear
sound apples which are mainly from
Northern Ohio and Michigan. and which
are purchased in ear load lots, leaves the
press, il is pumped into two immense tanks
each holdn. eighty-four barrels. where it is
aged and then syphOned into the barrels in
the cellar, and repumped into barrels on the
first iloOr for his retail trade. After the
inspection had been sufficiently prolonged
Ia thoroughly impress the reporter with the
altogether superior excellence and genuine
purity Of his vnegarS. he was in
vited Ia witness test of the
Nef pure apple cider vinegar in one of
Twitchel'S 'nited States standard acidOm-
eterS.
II appears that this process OF testing
acid or NaporiZed vinegars, which is the St.
vereSt known 10 chemistry, destroys the
coloring matter and sends the acids vine
gars back 10 their original cOl0rlrsS c0ndi-
ton and thereby shows up their aduitera-
ton. Ii is not SO with genuine fruit or ap-
pie cider vinegar. the natural color of
which under all tests and in its
normal state being about the shade
of pure port wine. The acidOmeter
was produced the required amount of bi-
carbonate of potash weighed ont. and after
the adjustment Of the Twitchell tester. it
WAS submerged in one fluid ounce of some
three year-old vinegar. The result was the
standard of a 90 grain test. A> We under
stand il. druggists standard Of vinegar is
~ grains. Neff's vinegaTS run from 50 to
30 grains. according to age and quality
/ The reporter ate ot pick les that had been put
up with his vinegar over one year age
| They were hard and beautifully preserved.
| holding their color aS clear and strong aS
when first bottle /. When il j. considered
( that as good authority ~ Prot, Geghan,
| who reports that there is not fivc per cent
OF all the venegar manufactured and sold
| in Ohio. made of clean. wholesome apples.
| it becomes everybody 10 inquire of their
grocerS, whose. and what kind of vinegar
do you sell .
The wholesale and retail grocers of the
| city can always find this superior pure ap-
pie cider vinegar IN any quantity they may
| desire by applying to No 40 Clifton street.
Families will do We'll ~ remember in the.
picking season that Netf's yinr-ar IL als.s.-
lutely the pureSt trui vinegar tliN can -.
,r,,.s,'s 80, 80. -, al - hIstit Ith P'
! Il WIZ wnrF srs. rfr'r'.
rn meet the growing demand upon him,
! Mr. \rtf recently purchased about on" acre
of ground at Western ayenu" and Maiden
lane upon which next season he Will erect
, larye factory for the exclusive manutaC-
ture of pure cider. and pmr" cider vinegar.
+. He has six desirable lots al that l"ail"n,
and will build This summer Il cumm"dl"n,
1 ware house fer storing his present stock a
vinegar. Mr.. Nrtf leads in yInegar>. ald
he will have all that he can 30 Ia meet ne
demand in his new factory.